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Your source for futures tips, trends, and insights to optimize your trading strategy.

Tips & Strategies

Technical Strategies for Trading ES Futures in Live Time

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the largest futures and options marketplace in the world. The CME facilitates the trade of nearly everything under...

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Tips & Strategies

Don’t Make the Same Mistake Twice: Three Ways to Develop as a Futures Trader

Throughout the world of finance, there is one key goal: avoiding losing money. Futures trading certainly echoes this sentiment. However, unlike the...

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Futures Trading

Tips for Trading Futures Breakouts Profitably

Identifying and capitalizing on breakouts is among the most popular strategies for enhancing futures trading profitability. A breakout occurs when an...

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Futures 101

Trading Floor Hand Signals: The Sign Language of Futures Trading

For decades, the world’s futures markets have been hotbeds of innovation. From the launch of countless derivatives products to the development of...

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Tips & Strategies

Capitalizing on Equity Market Volatility with Micro E-Minis

Listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Micro E-minis provide active futures traders with unparalleled equities market flexibility....

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What Is the Difference Between Market Orders and Limit Orders?

Being able to enter and exit the market efficiently is vital to sustaining long-term profitability. To achieve this goal, active futures traders use...

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Technical Analysis 101: What Is the Parabolic SAR?

Active traders have a vast array of technical tools and indicators to deploy. One of the most basic and useful is the parabolic SAR (PSAR).

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Ag Marketing

Maximize Your Harvest with Grain Futures Trading

Accurately predicting the financial result of your grain harvest months ahead of time is certainly a challenge. A litany of factors impact the final...

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Tips & Strategies

Trading vs. Investing: Which Is Right for Your Financial Plan?

It is a common misconception that traders and investors are the same. Although it is true that both may pursue profits by buying and selling futures...

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Futures Trading

Avoiding The Perils Of Trading Leverage

Boasting initial margins ranging from 5 to 15 percent, the futures markets are a paradise for traders interested in maximizing the potential of their...

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